Lead Counsel, Regulatory Litigation

The EMEA Regulatory Litigation team sits within the broader EMEA Disputes function and is responsible for defending Meta in response to regulatory authorities across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. The team works on high-profile, precedent-setting regulatory investigations and related litigation. This is a fast-paced and dynamic environment offering the opportunity to engage in novel regulatory matters with a market-leading legal team. We are seeking a lawyer with broad regulatory experience with experience of regulatory enforcement The role requires experience in providing strategic and day-to-day support in defending the company in privacy, content and integrity focused large scale regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, associated litigation, regulatory interactions and providing advisory support to Product on regulatory risk. The ideal candidate will have the ability to work proactively and independently with various teams across the organization, including Legal teams, Policy, Product and Engineering in a fast paced business environment with a rapidly evolving legal and regulatory landscape. This is an opportunity to work on genuinely precedent-setting matters at the cutting edge of privacy and regulatory law. The team's docket includes novel privacy enforcement actions, challenges before the EU and national courts, and regulatory investigations raising first-of-their-kind legal questions at the intersection of privacy law, technology and product design. You will gain direct exposure to multi-jurisdictional regulatory strategy, high-stakes litigation, and the practical application of AI tools in legal workflows — all within a collaborative, high-performing team.

Manage a varied docket of privacy-related regulatory matters across the EU defending large scale enforcement from European Supervisory Authorities, including managing responses to regulatory inquiries and investigations, compliance with regulatory decisions and orders, and appeals or judicial reviews before administrative bodies or courts

Working with multi-functional teams, design and implement strategic approaches to resolving regulatory matters and managing regulatory and litigation risk

Collaborate with and provide strategic advice to internal stakeholders across product, business and policy teams

Manage outside counsel relationships, including oversight of budgets, strategy and reporting

Use AI tools (e.g., for document review, regulatory research, workflow automation) to drive efficiency across the regulatory docket and contribute to the development of internal processes and playbooks for managing regulatory matters at scale

Meta requires all employed attorneys to have a law degree or equivalent certificate to permit the practice of law and be appropriately licensed and authorized to practice law for the company in their assigned work location. Unless prohibited under local law, an attorney must hold a current practicing certificate (including where required from the relevant authority in the jurisdiction of the assigned work location) or the local law equivalent bar registration or license as may be applicable

Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales, Ireland, or an EU jurisdiction (or equivalent common law qualification)

5+ years post-qualification experience in a leading law firm or in-house legal team

Litigation specialist with demonstrated regulatory enforcement experience, including managing investigations, enforcement actions, or related proceedings

Familiarity with privacy and content laws required

Ability to translate complex legal advice into clear, actionable guidance for non-legal audiences

Ability to organise, prioritise and manage multiple projects effectively with limited direction

Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

Strong analytical skills and business sense with the ability to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways

Self-starter who is curious, loves technology, and thrives in a dynamic environment

Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

Experience managing a high volume of concurrent projects, including tracking deadlines, coordinating with multiple stakeholders, and maintaining organized case files

Outstanding communication skills with the ability to advise and build relationships with management, teammates, and cross-functional partners

Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies